10 Top-Traded US Stocks for Friday (7/2)

The stock market applauded a jobs report today that showed strong payrolls but with concerns enough to keep the Fed reticent to taper just yet, starting the 'Independence Day' week trading session on an up note.

All three major indices had drifted higher into the labor report and Friday's movement sealed a second-straight week of gains for all of them. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$+0.75%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$+0.81%, $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$+0.46%.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$closed with a small gain of 0.14% after the company's Q2 deliveries report does enough to atisfy investors.

$Amazon (AMZN.US)$last Friday marked the last trading day with Jeff Bezos at the helm of Amazon. Even with th high-profile leadership transition, though, a few other big-names companies squeezed the world's riches man out of the spotlight.

$Apple (AAPL.US)$advanced 1.96% after Apple reportedly become first to adopt TSMC's latest chip tech.

$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$shares rose 2.23%, although Microsoft is playing catch-up with its cloud rival Amazon's AWS, the software giant is slowly and steadily making strong inroads, according to a Street analyst.

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$shares of chipmakers have fetched double digit gains in the first six months this year, with Nvidia leading the pack at 57.02% gains.

$Virgin Galactic (SPCE.US)$surged at the open on Friday, rising as much as 25% after announcing a test flight on July 11 that will have founder Richard Branson on board, though shares pared gains throughout the day.

$IBM Corp (IBM.US)$slid as the S&P's worst performer after their president stepped down.

$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$gave up slight gains on the day and went red after the FTC charged it with illegally monopolizing the semiconductor component market.

$Lordstown Motors (RIDE.US)$plummeted after the Justice Department reports a probe into the company.

$Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.US)$gained after data showed its health conditions solutions is effective against the health conditions worldwide.

Movers & Shakers for Friday